What is with everyone suggesting that Shamus "disappeared" from the Escapist? You all do know that he writes the "Experienced Points" column here, right? The last one of those went up like six days ago - plus he's been part of the "roundtable discussion" of the Extra Consideration feature for the last several updates.

Sparrow:Oh hoh hoh, if that was a joke about the English fuckuppery of the banking system and our downfall into a recession... screw you, bro! If not, this was not nearly as smart enough as to my liking. Hah! Worm your way out of THAT one!

I maintain that the ad suggests that the proposed girlfriend is "cheap" per default, and the wonder if the pricing on this game is that it is somehow even "cheaper" than that.So excuse me while I still think it's a travesty of a campaign.

Who Dares Wins:STOLEN PIXELS FUCK YEAH!!! And it's not an April Fools joke.

Actually I kinda think it is. English Pounds are some of the highest worth coinage around, so having it suddenly become Pounds would increase it's worth. So how does making it's cost go up make it suddenly cheaper than your girlfriend?

No, I think the offensive part comes from the fact that it implies that the reader is such a loser that he has to pay off his girlfriend. You must really by ballsy if you think you can sell something by insulting your target market.